The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29
BRIGHT FAvoRs CoERCrcN.
The Once Popular Statesman Gives His
Reasons for His Position.

LONDON, April 2S.-ln tire House of COM
mons tonight the motion offered on April
2G by Robert T. Reid, Liberal member for
Dumfries, that the House decline to pro-
ceed with any measures directed against
tenants combining for reEel until a full
measure for their relief from excessive rents
was presented in Parliament, was re1ecue.
by a vote of 3l1 to $40.
A motion that the house go into commit
tee on the crimes bill was then adopted.
DELAY A PARYELLITE DUTY.
In the debate before the vote on Mr.
Reids motion Thomas Power OConnor SAID
it was the duty ofthe Panellites to DELAY
the crimes bill as hostage for satisfactory
remedial measures.
He accused Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, of gross ignorance respectinZ
the State of that country, and contended
that if he himself dealt with crime in En-
gland on the bases which the Ministers favor
ing coercion dealt with crime in Ireland h,
could show state of things that was truly
appalling
MIR. Morley said that the effect of the bill
would be not to prevent the withdrawal OF
capital from ireland, but to drive out the
labor that supported capital The govern
ment had its own weak ease TO thank for the
prolonging of the discussion, the opposition
being compelled to extract the information
piece-meaL
CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS.
First the government had said that the
bill was directed to suppress crime, then
that it was directed against combinations
Now the government said the measure was
not aimed at combinations. Criticising the
clauses of the bill, he said the sting of the
White Boy acts were that they were directed
less against what was unlawful in itself than
what two magistrates might hold to
be unlawful. He agreed that the land
purchase bill was needed, but such a meas
ure would fail to deal eifectually with con
gested districts. If the government has such
a strong belief in remedial measures, why
did they not trust entirely to agrarian meas
ures and abstain from coercion, which
in their hearts they knew would newt
ably throw all Irish sentiment against
their remedial legislation and give renewed
strength to what they called lawless Or
ganization. Anybody could pass a coercion
bill, but anybody could not undo its mis-
chief. 1t was because the Liberals believed
that the measure would do unparalleled
mischief that they would continue to pro-
test against it to the very end. Loud
cheers.l Maurice and Timothy Healy
placed seventyJhine additional amendments
W Uuo uTSJ cldllSe Ol Jne OIL.
CONSTABLEs SET SAIL.
Thirteen men who recently resigned from
the Irish constabulaIy started to-day from
Queenstown for New York on the steamer
Adriatic. Among those who came to bid
them farewell was the Mayor of Cork. The
ex-constables departed amid cheers for
Parnell and cries of Down with coercion"
BRIGHT DEFENDS COERCION
I'll ID. - L. =. Il -,
he says: mo government, Liberal or Con
servative, is likely to promote a measure
like that before Parliament, except under a
strong sense of necessity. Such measures
bring the government much difficulty, rem
dering it unpopular, and interfering with
other measures with which the Ministers are
anxious to proceed In 1882 | consented to
measures of repression, for the sake of law
and order. | was then member of the
government What thought needful then
think needful now, and | will not condemn
the present bill because it is introduced by
the Conservatives"
Mr.. Parnell, who was expected to return
to London to-day, is suffering from cold
and is confined to his house at Avondale,
Ireland.
C0NSTABULARY DUTY ODIOUS.
DUBLIN, April 2S--Freemdn's Journal
states that the government secretly applied
for a list of educated candidates to fill va
cancieS in the ranks of the Irish constabu-
larry, caused by designations, and that re-
fusals to join the service were SO numerous
that the government was compelled to go to
an inferior list.
ROASTING LANSDOWNE.
DUBLIN, April 2S.-United Ireland says:
''No blacker deed Of treachery was ever
committed than that Lord Lansdowne has
been guilty of. Black as HI are Lord
Lansdownes unutterable meanness, treach-
cry and malignity He stood in awe of
Canadian opinion, but tore the agreement
he had made with his tenants into shreds
the moment he was led to believe by Cana
dians with Irish names that he could rely
on Irish-Canadian complaisance in his per-
fidy."